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Has this been the longest Oscar season ever? It certainly feels like it. Obviously that September-February period where campaigning is in full effect seems to take up more and more mental and physical real estate every year, but 2014 was particularly stretched out: two major contenders premiered last January at Sundance, literally twelve full months before another Best Picture nominee, “American Sniper,” opened wide in theaters to record-breaking box office. Along the way, we’ve also had the earliest-opening Best Picture nominee in a decade in the shape of “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” and a movie that only opened on Christmas Day in “Selma.” Somehow, the Oscar year now lasts for fourteen months.
Shaz from FL writes: “The Academy Awards are just around the corner, and if recent shows are any indication, Oppenheimer will be taking its biggest prize. But should it?”
Oscars 2023 might witness new rounds of celebrations, accolades, and the usual reminiscence of the Slapgate fiasco.
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